The look ahead to Spider-Man 2 on PC is nearly over. The PlayStation 5 unique about Peter Parker’s showdown with Venom arrives on Steam in January of subsequent 12 months. Sadly, it’s going to nonetheless require a PSN login.
Sony introduced its newest PC port throughout New York Comedian Con 2024. Initially launched on PS5 in October 2023, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 can be out there to play on Steam beginning January 30, 2025. That’s a span of simply 15 months, displaying that the lag time between Sony first-party exclusives hitting PS5 and later coming to PC could also be getting shorter as the corporate tries to discover a greater viewers for its expensive blockbusters.
Nevertheless, Spider-Man 2 on PC will proceed a controversial pattern of PlayStation video games nonetheless requiring PSN logins on Steam, even when they’re offline and single-player. God of Warfare Ragnarök, which got here to PC final month, suffered a slew of unfavorable Steam critiques as a backlash to the login requirement which first turned a significant flashpoint earlier this 12 months when Helldivers 2 exploded in reputation.
Come January, Spider-Man 2 will be a part of the primary recreation and the Miles Morales spin-off which got here to PC final 12 months. Spider-Man 2 is greater and prettier in each manner, although its bigger scope doesn’t at all times translate to a extra impactful story or extra fascinating open-world exploration. It does have some top-notch aspect quests although, and can little question profit from loads of participant mods that followers find yourself creating for it. Nixxes Software program is engaged on the port, the identical studio that’s making ready to launch Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered.
Insomniac Video games presently has a slew of different Marvel video games within the pipeline, together with Wolverine which is believed to be launching as early as subsequent 12 months, in addition to a presumably multi-part Spider-Man 3 and plans for X-Males video games as a part of an ongoing licensing settlement with Disney. These unannounced tasks have been revealed final 12 months as a part of a malicious hack of the studio’s personal data.